Comments on: Dodgers are in the “early stages” of extending Hanley Ramirezhttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2014/01/20/509480/
Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball.Sun, 18 Feb 2018 04:45:47 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: blabidiblahttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2014/01/20/509480/#comment-644083
Tue, 21 Jan 2014 15:01:11 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=509480#comment-644083Hope this is true. Sign him to a nice long extension. I think he’s got at least another 300 games left in him over the next 5 years.
]]>By: Old Gatorhttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2014/01/20/509480/#comment-644080
Tue, 21 Jan 2014 14:54:23 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=509480#comment-644080That’s the budget of a third world country, like, oh, East L.A.
]]>By: Old Gatorhttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2014/01/20/509480/#comment-644079
Tue, 21 Jan 2014 14:53:37 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=509480#comment-644079And you have to adjust that two cents for deflation as well. I wonder how much that is in bitcoin?
]]>By: nbjayshttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2014/01/20/509480/#comment-644052
Tue, 21 Jan 2014 12:36:35 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=509480#comment-644052“I come here and add my 2 cents about baseball…”

And where in this post did you add ANYTHING to the baseball discussion, hmm?

Thought so…

Trolls gotta troll, I guess…

]]>By: Old Gatorhttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2014/01/20/509480/#comment-644033
Tue, 21 Jan 2014 05:44:38 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=509480#comment-644033If two cents is what you have to spend to convince everyone on this board that you’re an illiterate moron with the emotional constitution of a nine year old, you’re ripping yourself off. Try making a fool of yourself for free. You won’t be billed.
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Tue, 21 Jan 2014 03:55:51 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=509480#comment-644019stick52 I don’t know you, don’t care to know you. I come here and add my 2 cents about baseball and a@@clowns like old gasser here get all bent out of shape and you do too, Ive seen it. so you see it works real easy, don’t reply to me and I wont say a word towards you. lets see if you can handle that, old gasser here cant
]]>By: stex52http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2014/01/20/509480/#comment-644010
Tue, 21 Jan 2014 02:11:14 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=509480#comment-644010Tell you what, Harry, my man. I know you have this game going with several of the guys where you exchange random insults. All fun, I’m sure, but I’m not really interested. If you want to talk baseball, it sounds fine. I would actually like that.

But if you want to play the insult games, go right ahead. They don’t particularly bother me because we really don’t know each other.

But I won’t be replying.

]]>By: erbaodaihttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2014/01/20/509480/#comment-644009
Tue, 21 Jan 2014 02:08:47 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=509480#comment-644009The Heat are showing that you can buy talent in the NBA as long as they’re in their prime.
]]>By: dirtyharry1971http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2014/01/20/509480/#comment-643994
Tue, 21 Jan 2014 00:44:14 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=509480#comment-643994the sad part is I wasn’t joking
]]>By: Old Gatorhttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2014/01/20/509480/#comment-643981
Tue, 21 Jan 2014 00:20:59 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=509480#comment-643981“….eliminating the uncertainty that comes with the open market.”

Whatta ya think you are, one o’ them Obama socialists?

]]>By: Old Gatorhttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2014/01/20/509480/#comment-643980
Tue, 21 Jan 2014 00:19:14 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=509480#comment-643980I hate to break it to you, but that joke is old enough to have Alzheimer’s itself.
]]>By: dirtyharry1971http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2014/01/20/509480/#comment-643965
Mon, 20 Jan 2014 23:29:36 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=509480#comment-643965hey look at the bright side of alzheimers, everyday you meet someone new
]]>By: Old Gatorhttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2014/01/20/509480/#comment-643923
Mon, 20 Jan 2014 21:41:12 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=509480#comment-643923I dunno – seems to me one of the telling symptoms is a tendency to repeat the same old crap over and over again, innit?
]]>By: bubbalynchhttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2014/01/20/509480/#comment-643916
Mon, 20 Jan 2014 21:11:16 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=509480#comment-643916That talent in which you speak of (nets) was acquired in the early stages of retirement! Don’t get it confused with players in their prime!
]]>By: asimonetti88http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2014/01/20/509480/#comment-643911
Mon, 20 Jan 2014 20:48:56 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=509480#comment-643911The Nets are showing that you can’t buy talent in the NBA.
]]>By: khmerson562http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2014/01/20/509480/#comment-643898
Mon, 20 Jan 2014 19:54:44 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=509480#comment-643898I wish the the dodgers organization would run the lakers organization also.
]]>By: uyf1950http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2014/01/20/509480/#comment-643889
Mon, 20 Jan 2014 19:28:44 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=509480#comment-643889Hanley’s current contract comes to an AAV of $11.67MM per year for MLB luxury tax purposes. With a new deal that could easily double to a AAV in excess of $20MM per. If they work out a deal and announce it BEFORE the start of the 2014 season. The Dodgers Payroll for MLB AAV purposes after you include the balance of the 40 man roster and benefits MLB charges ALL teams their payroll will be in the neighborhood of: $270MM (without Tanaka). If they were to sign Tanaka their payroll would approach $290MM plus. The tax calculation on the difference between the threshold of $189MM and their payroll at 30% would be about $$30MM. That would mean the Dodgers would be paying about $320MM to field a team for the 2014 season.

I realize they can afford it but that’s a huge chunk of change for 1 season even for a team that can afford it.

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Mon, 20 Jan 2014 19:26:04 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=509480#comment-643888old gasser is in the later stages of Alzheimer’s
]]>By: stex52http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2014/01/20/509480/#comment-643887
Mon, 20 Jan 2014 19:10:10 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=509480#comment-643887Seems like you not only have to keep him healthy but also in a good mood. But still should be worth the risk.
]]>By: chapmanb2014http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2014/01/20/509480/#comment-643886
Mon, 20 Jan 2014 19:09:52 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=509480#comment-643886The Dodgers are taking the smart approach to their expiring contracts. They are identifying players they want to retain and resigning them before they hit free agency which is actually saving them money and eliminating the uncertainty that comes with the open market.
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